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SADC Media Law: A Handbook for Media Practitioners. Vol. 1: A Comparative Overview of the Laws and Practice in Malawi, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
Key Guides
Deep Insights
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2003), xii, 144 pp.
Scholarly Publishing in Africa: A Case Study of African University Presses
Stirling, Scotland: University of Stirling, Department of English Studies, Doctoral Thesis (2003), 235 pp.
"This wide-ranging dissertation examines the policies and practices of six sub-Saharan Africa university presses in five African countries (in Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe), to investigate how far the presses have adopted, and/or have adapted, their policies to suit the environmen
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World Press Encyclopedia: A Survey of Press Systems Worldwide
Detroit: Gale, 2nd ed. (2003), xxviii, 1285 pp.
"In these two volumes, readers will find comparative, in-depth essays on the press systems of 232 countries and/or territories. World Press Encyclopedia (WPE) is unique and valuable to users because, in addition to essays on each country’s press system, WPE also contains custommade graphs and stat
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Reader Development and Reading Promotion: Recent Experiences from Seven Countries in Africa
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2003), 86 pp.
"The result of a workshop held during the Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Librarians (SCESAL) held in Johannesburg in April 2002, this volume reviews current reader development activities by public libraries in different regions of Africa. It includes accounts and case st
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Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus: Os novos conquistadores da fé
São Paulo: Paulinas (2003), 379 pp.
Democracy and New Media
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2003), x, 385 pp.
"The essays collected here capture the richness of current discourse about democracy and cyberspace. Some contributors offer front-line perspectives on the impact of emerging technologies on politics, journalism, and civic experience. What happens, for example, when we increase access to information
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Changing Lives: Promoting a Reading Culture in Africa. Indaba 2001. Harare, Zimbabwe 4-5 August, 2001
Harare: Zimbabwe International Book Fair Trust (2002), 310 pp.
"The theme of the 2001 Indaba at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair was devoted to “Changing People’s Lives: Promoting a Reading Culture in Africa”, and this volume brings together 34 of the papers that were presented, together with a record of some of the discussions that took place followi
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The Book Chain in Anglophone Africa: A Survey and Directory
Deep Insights
Oxford: International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2002), ix, 273 pp.
"A valuable information resource that provides a country-by-country analysis of the “book chain” in 18 English-speaking Africa countries, together with an annotated directory of the major players that make up the book chain within those countries. Four introductory essays provide overviews of bo
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Shaping the Future: The Soul Buddyz Experience
Johannesburg: Soul City (2002), 18 pp.
Internationales Handbuch Medien 2002/2003
Baden-Baden: Nomos, 26th ed. (2002), 1056 pp.
The Media Development and Diversity Agency: Position Paper
Media Development & Diversity Agency (MDDA) (2002), 64 pp.
"Government has taken the bold step of setting up an independent agency that will address some of the problems of media development and diversity in South Africa. It is important to stress that the proposed Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) will not interfere in the content of any newspa
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Media Ethics in the South African Context: An Introduction and Overview
Lansdowne: Juta (2002), 204 pp.
The Press in Transition: A Comparative Study of Nicaragua, South Africa, Jordan and Russia
Hamburg: Deutsches Übersee-Institut (2002), 524 pp.
"The press in transition" chronicles and evaluates the experiences of six press institutions in four markedly different media systems. The book adopts a comparative framing to explore press functioning worldwide, and to draw preliminary conclusions about the press in transition. At the heart of the
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Radio & Public Deliberation
Dayton (OH): Kettering Foundation (2002), 40 pp.
"Brett Davidson makes a convincing case for radio being the most hospitable media environment for retaining the human characteristics of public deliberation. In South Africa, for example, radio reaches far more people in their own languages than other media do. Moreover, radio can broadcast live,
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Beitrag der Medien zur Krisenprävention und Konfliktbearbeitung: Eine Analyse der internationalen Diskussion und Implementierungsmöglichkeiten mit Empfehlungen für die Technische Zusammenarbeit
Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2002), 71 pp.
"Kurze Darstellung und "lessons learned" von 7 Fallbeispielen, v.a. Radiosendern. Der Autor stellt u.a. fest: "Medienprojekte werden von westlichen NGOs erst dann gestartet, wenn ein gewaltsamer Konflikt vorbei ist. Medienprojekte mit ausgesprochenem Präventionscharakter sind nahezu unbekannt, auch
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Community-Radio Case Studies
UNESCO; Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2002), 58 pp.
Institutional Review of Educational Radio Dramas
Deep Insights
Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2002), 134 pp.
"Taking 14 radio serial dramas from around the world shows that many aspects of the way they are organised are not replicable: what works in one context would just not work in another. This is because of the very nature of pro-social media projects: they depend so much on the personal contacts of th
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New Insights Into Communication and Media
Sandown: Heinemann (2001), vii, 232 pp.
